Jailbreak for iOS 8.1.1 & iOS 8.2 Beta Possible with TaiG

A group of Chinese developers have released a new jailbreak called TaiG for iOS 8.1.1 and iOS 8.2 beta. The tool will apparently jailbreak any iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch that can run iOS 8.1.1 and existing iOS 8.2 beta versions, as well as earlier releases of iOS 8 software. Apple strongly advises against jailbreaking, and reserves the right to void warranty service to any iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch that has been modified with such a tool, making this a procedure that is best avoided by average iPhone users.

At the moment the TaiG application runs exclusively on Windows, and it’s unclear when or if an OS X release would arrive. Nonetheless, Mac users who are compelled enough to want to use the tool would need to have Boot Camp or Windows installed in a virtual machine to run the TaIG utility and jailbreak their iPhones or iPads. The jailbreak itself is untethered and only requires a USB connection to perform the initial install.

Jailbreaking is best reserved for advanced users who understand the full risks and potential ramifications of using an unauthorized and unsupported third party utility to modify their iOS software. Apple is fervently opposed to jailbreaking for a variety of reasons that should be well understood.

Those interested can find the TaiG utility to download on the developers website here, the tool is currently offered in Chinese language, though it looks like the usage is fairly straightforward and similar to the Pangu utility.

Always back up your iPhone or iPad before attempting to use any utility that modifies iOS software.

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20 Comments

Jailbreaking isn’t needed anymore, I don’t know why people bother with it. Less stable phone that crashes when you need it, why would you opt for that? So you can get different looking icons? Big whoop, not worth it.

I can’t think of a single good reason to jailbreak an iPhone since iOS 7, and iOS 8 has more features and is already so buggy by itself it needs all the help it can get in terms of being stable.

Are you kidding? no disrespect or anything..it’s just that I use controllers for all app from cydia..and i can play games with my ps3 controllers. There are some people out there who still uses JB…You shouldn’t be saying JB isn’t needed anymore….because i do.

OK I think you are right, gaming and controller support, support for things that Apple and iOS SHOULD support natively, are some of the main reasons to jail break now. I think a better question is why doesn’t Apple support a PS3 Controller or XBox One controller for iPhone and iPad right now? Why do you need to hack your phone to get that? That’s silly, it should support them with Bluetooth right out of the box like Mac and PC and Android do.

RJ,
Just because you don’t understand why people jailbreak, doesn’t matter one bit to anyone. You are an authority on nothing. Why don’t you go read some Dr. Seuss books and try and comprehend those for a while.

UGH… what about development? Some of us want to confirm how the hardware functions. Here is a common example. After the iphone 4 antenna issue, Apple didn’t want anyone providing metrics about the health of the antenna or signal strength. To do this, Apple blocked low-level wireless API functions from developers. The only way to get there and confirm how things are really working is to jailbreak. This lets us build better apps for non-jailbroken devices.

I use jailbreaking to disable ads – I paid a lot of money for my devices. I
shouldn’t have to put up with visual spam because someone at Apple thought it would be a good idea to make money off me as if they’re Google.

I also use PMP (protect my privacy) which Apple won’t allow on the App store. You’d be surprised at the number of apps that want access to types
of your data that they have no business needing. PMP can block or randomize those requests.

And I might be willing to upgrade to ios8 (and later Yosemite) if I can find
a simple way to fix the look of the UI’s so they don’t look like a kid threw up
a box of wax crayons onto the screen.

Jailbreak is not necessary but i still need it, here my tweaks:
-tetherme
-ccquickpro
-infinidock
-bioprotect
-bytafont
-callbar
-xbmc FREE MOVIES
This tweak make my life alot easier
And don’t forget to donate for their effort

I bought an iphone over seas that didn’t have certain apps that were essential to me e.g. FaceTime, so I jalbroke mine so I could use them. Of course looking back at it now I should have made sure they were already on them before I bought the phone, but you live and learn.